Uncle Rock, the kid's musician who has toured with a cult garage band and starred in a stage musical in London's West End, returns to the Banana Factory, 25 W. Third St. Bethlehem to kick off the second season of KidTunes, ArtsQuest's new monthly children's music series.

The musician, aka Robert Burke Warren, will be featured along with a kids' band formed by a member of the Flamin Caucasians and a Bethlehem musician who hit it big when her yoga-inspire song was picked up for a Dell Computer commercial for the once-a-month Saturday morning concert series.

Uncle Rock who rocked out kids at Musikfest with rockin' tunes from his new CD "The Big Picture" as well as his cover of "Magic Carpet Ride" which was featured on the new Putumayo CD Rock & Roll Playground, will perform at 11 a.m. Sept. 11.

Uncle Rock, as Warren, toured Europe with the adult band The Fleshtones and played the lead in "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," before turning to kids music after his son Jack was born in 1998.

Warren says he writes songs about "the darker side of childhood," and his lyrics are inspired by children's authors who have "lots of layers and shades," such as Shel Silverstein and Maurice Sendak.

His son, Jack, now 12, often joins his father on stage singing at concerts.

The next two groups are both making their debut in the Lehigh Valley

Erin Lee & the Up Past Bedtime Band will perform at 11 a.m. Oct. 9. Lee, an actress and early childhood music specialist from New York, performed in musicals, plays and films before deciding to focus on writing children's music. She and the four-person Up Past Bedtime Band's original songs reflect a kid's eye view of the world that is both poignant and laugh-out-loud funny.

We Kids Rock, a group formed by singer/songwriter/musician Bill Currier, a member of the Flamin’ Caucasians, will perform at 11 a.m. Nov. 13.

The band which has released three CDs, “Everybody Clap Your Hands,” Let the Sun Shine” and “There’s a Train,” invites children to be part of the show by singing, clapping, dancing and playing rhythm instruments. The band also presents educational music programs for infants through 5-year olds at locations in the Philadelphia area and Delaware.

Kira Willey of Bethlehem started a music-based yoga prorgam for kids called Fireflies Yoga and wrote yoga-inspired tunes for her debut CD "Dance for the Sun." When Willey's song "Colors" was picked to be featured on Dell’s laptop ad campaign in 2008, the exposure brought worldwide attention to her music which is now in frequent rotation on XM/Sirius Radio. She is working on her second CD, and her concerts incorporate yoga poses with the music. She will perform at 11 a.m. Dec. 12.

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